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supply of grain from foreign countries ; and 
h is much to be feared, that in the late winter 
and spring a large portion of land of these 
kingdoms has been sown with wheat by no 
means in a proper condition to produce an 
average crop ; from which circumstance, the 
.general produdl will, in the succeeding sea- 
sons, be the less. 
If Mr. Young's plan of cultivating pota- 
toes, to the immense extent he proposes, 
should prevail, similar consequences may be 
expedfed from it. It is well known to prac- 
tical husbandmen, that potatoes are the most 
exhausting crop a farmer can cultivate ; and 
when planted in upland land, which has been 
long in tillage, the quantity of the crop will 
bear an exacjf proportion to the quantity of 
manure immediately deposited in the soil for 
their produ6lion ; therefore a farmer, who thus 
employs his manure, may consider it as taken 
wholly away from any possibility of benefit 
to his succeeding crops, in a regular course 
of husbandry ; a circumstance w hich must 
inevitably delay his interest, and ultimately 
